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fuel consumption while idle is quite negligible particularly when it comes to a MPG calculation. My car (and actually all european models over the last few year
by robbiep 11y ago
fuel consumption while idle is quite negligible particularly when it comes to a MPG calculation.
My car (and actually all european models over the last few years) have auto-idle when stopped. My stats are that over the 10,000 km I have driven since new I have extended my range by 85 km in terms of saved fuel (so approximately 4 litres saved over 10,000 km, or approximately 4/700 (700l being total fuel comsumption over those 10,000 km).
So i've saved half a percent of my total fuel consumption. Useless individually. But of course potentially enormous savings when rolled out to a fleet of thousands of cars
- Spooky23 11y agoGreat point. I go to drive in movies frequently with a Honda Odyessy, and idle most most of the time with the AC and radio on. It lowers the tank's MPG by about 3-4 miles.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWould love to see drive-ins providing a 120 outlet at the speaker box for EVs to plug in at, for using AC, radio, etc while at the movie.
- mikeash 11y agoEVs are great for "idling." Energy use by accessories is negligible compared to the capacity of the traction battery. Even climate control can be pretty reasonable. A Tesla can sit with the radio on and the air conditioner running and lose just a couple of miles of range per hour.
- larrys 11y agoWith a Porsche Macan S (which has terrible gas mileage) I can see a noticeable difference whereby in cold weather temperature (doesn't auto idle much) vs. warm weather I see about 2 mpg difference in city driving. Haven't done any specific calculations but that is what I have been seeing.